c1890 The Witch's Head

Description

Decorative Binding, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The first illustrated edition of this work. Twenty-sixth thousand.

Variant binding with Griffith Farran and Co, to spine. 

With tissue-guarded frontispiece and sixteen monochrome plates illustrated by British artist Charles Kerr. Collated complete.

The Witch's Head is H. Rider Haggard's second novel. Predominantly set in South Africa, the story is a tale of twisted romance and adventure which would become central genres for the renowned writer. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was a British writer specialising in romantic adventure novels often set in exotic settings, predominantly Africa, and is considered the father of the 'lost world' literary genre.